1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

• First Round: Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and Zaire, the eight best ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining sixteen teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Second Round.
• Second Round: The eight winners from the first round were joined by the eight seeded teams and divided into four groups of four teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
• Final Round: The four remaining teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would qualify.

Eight knockout (two-legged) ties were originally required, involving the sixteen lowest ranked African countries. The withdrawals of three teams meant only five ties were actually contested. The eight successful teams advanced to the group format of the second round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Angola	2–1	Sudan	0–0	2–1
Zimbabwe	w/o	Lesotho	–	–
Zambia	w/o	Rwanda	–	–
Uganda	2–3	Malawi	1–0	1–3
Libya	3–2	Burkina Faso	3–0	0–2
Ghana	0–2	Liberia	0–0	0–2
Tunisia	5–3	Guinea	5–0	0–3
Gabon	w/o	Togo	–	–
Algeria	Bye
Cameroon	Bye
Egypt	Bye
Ivory Coast	Bye
Kenya	Bye
Morocco	Bye
Nigeria	Bye
Zaire	Bye

The eight qualifiers from the first round were joined by the eight highest-ranked CAF teams. The teams were split into four groups of four which played a home-and-away round-robin, with the four group winners advancing to the final round.

Group A

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Algeria 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 7  Ivory Coast 4 1 2 1 5 1 +4 4  Zimbabwe 4 0 1 3 1 10 −9 1  Libya Withdrew after one match

Algeria  – 1 – 0 3 – 0 Ivory Coast  0 – 0 – 5 – 0 Zimbabwe  1 – 2 0 – 0 –

Libya played one match in this group before withdrawing from the competition, annulling their results.

Group B

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Egypt 6 3 2 1 6 2 +4 8  Liberia 6 2 2 2 2 3 −1 6  Malawi 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 5  Kenya 6 1 3 2 2 4 −2 5

Egypt  – 2 – 0 2 – 0 1 – 0 Kenya  0 – 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 Liberia  1 – 0 0 – 0 – 1 – 0 Malawi  1 – 1 1 – 0 0 – 0 –

Group C

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Cameroon 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 9  Nigeria 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 7  Angola 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 4  Gabon 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 4

Cameroon  – 1 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 1 Nigeria  2 – 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 0 Angola  1 – 2 2 – 2 – 2 – 0 Gabon  1 – 3 2 – 1 1 – 0 –

Group D

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Tunisia 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 7  Zambia 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 6  Zaire 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 6  Morocco 6 1 3 2 4 5 −1 5

Tunisia  – 1 – 0 1 – 0 2 – 1 Zambia  1 – 0 – 4 – 2 2 – 1 Zaire  3 – 1 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 Morocco  0 – 0 1 – 0 1 – 1 –

The four group winners from the second round were drawn into two ties. The winner of each two-legged tie qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

8 October 1989

Algeria	0 – 0	Egypt

Stade 17 Juin, Constantine

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Sydney Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

17 November 1989

Egypt	1 – 0	Algeria
H. Hassan  4'

Cairo Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)

Egypt won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.

8 October 1989

Cameroon	2 – 0	Tunisia
Mfédé  54' Kundé  90+1'

Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Abdelali Naciri (Morocco)

19 November 1989

Tunisia	0 – 1	Cameroon
		Omam-Biyik  14'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

Cameroon won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 1990 World Cup.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

• Africa Zone at FIFA.com
• World Cup 1990 qualifications - Africa ar RSSSF.com